Lamp or lantern



M. ANTOINE.

LAMP 0R LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR s. 1920.

1,356,898. Patented Oct. 26,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIUS ANTOINE, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF ETAIBLISSCEMENTS- IBESNARD, MARIS & ANTOINE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

LAMP OR LANTERN.

Application filed March 5 1920. Serial No. 363,592.

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an arrangement for mounting petrol or similar lamps in Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view on a larger scale.

The body of the lantern 1 has in its base an orifice furnished with a seating or holder 2 intended to receive the petrol lamp 3 which rests on the seating by its rimB The lamp is taken. out and put in through the interior of the lantern.

This lamp can be furnished with a burner of the petrol light type in which the height of the wick is regulated by the rotation of a I porcelain or metal wick adjuster. r

A resilient fixing for the lamp illustrate by way of example comprises two parallel metal arms 4, 4 madeof wire and hingedly connected at 5 with the lantern 1..

At their opposite ends the arms 4, 4 carry a pivoted hook 6. Two transverse distance plates 7, 7 Fig. 8 are secured to the arms near the ends and keep them at the proper distances apart. Near the middle the arms are bent to form coils 4", 4.

Then the lamp is put in place the two arms are turned down, the two coils thereof bearing against a flange member 8 on the wick adjuster and the hook 6' is fixed in a staple or lug 9 which is soldered on to thebody of the lantern.

In these conditions in consequence of the,

Speci fi cation of Letters Patent.

,, annot rotate. ais, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Imj; provements in Lamps or Lanterns, of which Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

E oise a rather powerful vertical pressure on he flange 8 of the wick adjuster so that this The result is that if the reservoir 3 of the lamp which protrudes through the bottom of the lantern be turned by hand, thus turning the lamp body, the .;wick is caused to move up or down that is to say the flame is regulated in the same manner as if the lamp reservoir or body, were fixed and the wick adjuster were turned in the interior of the lantern.

Thus by means of this simple and practical arrangementthe flame can be regulated in petrol lamps, without the necessity of opening the doors of the lantern at the risk of extinguishing the flame.

The burner shown in the drawing has in its upper part a head 10 which insures the steadiness of the flame in motor carriage lanterns.

Likewise the arrangement of the two arms may be modified according to the shape of the lantern without departing from the principle of the invention so longas the essential functions of keeping the lamp in place and preventing the rotation of the wick adjuster when the lamp body is rotated are satisfactorily performed.

It is obvious that other methodsand other forms of construction could be adopted and that the details of construction could also be varied in many ways. On the other hand the various constituent elements of this inven-' tion could be replaced by others acting in the same way or giving the same result.

I claim:

The combination wit-l1 a lantern of a lamp i body mounted in said lantern to turn therein, means for adjusting the wick in said lamp body, said means having a flanged member, and means for fixedly holding the.

wick adjusting means inside the lantern to permit the flame to be regulated by the applying pressure to said flanged member of the wick adjusting means, the said arms serving at the same time to keep the lamp body on its seat, anda fastening capable of being engaged in a lug soldered ontothe body of the. lantern.

In testimony whereof 'I have afiixed my signature.

MARIUS ANTOINE. 

